Method of knitting stockings on flat knitting machines



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@minimum r- Aovnmj selvedge loops, and narrowing all heel loops for obtaining the narrowing at the heel.

2. The method of knitting stockings in a single operation on at knitting machines comprising obtaining the widening of the heelby widening of selvedge meshes to be seamed, narrowing heel loops for obtaining the rounding of the heel, retracting the tickler for one needle per loop while narrowing the heel loops Without the selvedge loopsfor one needle, and retracting the tickler for two needleswhile narrowing all heel loops for two needles for obtaining the narrowing at the heel.

3. The method of knitting stockings inl a single operation on flat knitting machines comprising widening the heel by widening of selvedge meshes to be seamed, narrowing heel loops for obtaining the rounding of the heel while skipping the selvedge loops,'and narrowing all heel loops for obl taining the narrowing at the heel for two needles while the tickler is retracted for two needles in the first half of the narrowing stage, and for one needle in the second half.

4. The method of knitting stockings in a single operation on at knitting machines comprising widening the heel by widening of selvedge meshes to be seamed, narrowing heel loops for obtaining the rounding of the heel while skipping the selvedge loops, narrowing all heel loops for obtaining the narrowing at the heel for two needles while the tickler is retracted for two needles in the iirst half of the narrowing stage, and for one needle in the second half, and adding several narrowing rows in the manner of instep gussets dur.

ing said second half.

WOLDEMAR HEINITZ. 

